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Thursday, 17 April 2014

IAF046 Infernus Malig Tank released!

IAF046 with Malig for Scale (not included)

This
is a unique vehicle in 15mm scale which while based on a historical
military and science fiction design from the real world is very much
in the space opera and classic fun style of wargaming the Ion Age
wants to achieve. Space Goblins are trouble, vicious, verminous and
expendable...the Infernus a ball of fire and death makes them awesome
on your gaming table.

There
are many vehicles in the typical Shia Khan Legion but few are as
terrifying and unpredictable as the Malig operated Infenus Tank or
Assault Roller known as the 'ball tank'. Crudely built but capable
of taking quite a beating the tank crushes and barrels its way around
a battlefield. Its two hull halves spinning while the centre remains
stationary. A metal ball armed with twin heavy Charon Fire
Projectors and two anti-personnel Maia Mpi's it is a death dealing
sphere gouting flame and bullets. Often deployed in support of Malig
Tesserans and whole Malig Ordos it is a good foe for Prydian light
vehicles and Battlesuits such as the Adder and the Havelock. That is
of course assuming it does not roll over and crush its own troops!
Infernus are allocated singly or in Tesserans of three vehicles.
Maligs are loathed by Humans but the Infernus shows they either have
a sense of humour of they are actual rather mad!

IAF046
Infernus Malig Tank

This
pack contains the following parts which can be seen in the mono image
on the page: A left hull, a right hull, a centre hull, a unique base
with imprint to hold the vehicle (50mm wide), a left Charon weapon, a
right Charon weapon, two Maia Mpi plug in weapons, a hatch and the
upper body of a Malig driver with viewer (allowing the choice of
closed hull or driver emerged builds).

Mono Image showing parts and dimensions

You have the option of
purchasing a pack or three packs with a saving applied on screen of
10%. You can also purchase the driver from this code if you wish to
use this Malig for other roles. Go HERE. Price 8.00GBP.

Information
Burst!

Malig
Madness was a success at Salute 2014 for us and we came back sold out
of IAF046 Infernus Tanks, IAF047-IAF050 Malig Infantry packs and
virtually no IAFP01 special miniature 'Malig Senga' either. Now its
time for all these excellent codes to be released on to our website
and to our trade partners too. Malig Madness has come to you all.
While we have several releases today the information for each can be
found by searching the codes but remember if you purchase IAFP01
Malig Ordos (Platoon) our first platoon pack you get a unique
miniature with it that is only in that pack. The current free
miniature in all orders automatically is IMP08 Muster Girl (we gave
out 200 of her with purchase at Salute!) which will be in every
package until 1st May 2014 when its removed and replaced
by the next free miniature. Find her HERE If you would like
to see the IMP miniatures available for sale then contact us as
interest is growing in this and we will act if enough wargamers ask
for it. By placing an order with us you will
sign up for an account with the website and that means you get Reward
Points in all purchases (plus a free miniature and you can use the
current salute code). These points can be used any time to get free
products and discounts on orders.

2 comments:

For those interested, I'll be painting up a small number of stands of Prydian Muster Infantry as part of my blog's weekly challenge (as this week's topic is 15mm). The link is: http://fantorical.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/painting-challenge-week-three-15mm-ion.htmlThanks for looking :-)

Online Fans of the Ion Age

The Ion Age

Near a thousand years has passed since the galaxy brought itself to the brink of extinction in the Wars of the Khanate. Dragon ships burned a thousand worlds and humanity sank to its knees amid the ruins of its once glittering stellar commonwealth. At the battle for the Aldan star system the Ban of Prejudice was lifted and for once the liberated soldiers of the Free Companies stood shoulder to shoulder with the gene soldiers of the sterile Imperial Commonwealth; mankind once more united to stop an overwhelming alien threat. A billion men and woman died fighting and the matter gateway on Aldan IV newly built by the Khanate spewed forth legions from across the galactic plane at a rate that even the fanatical Templars of the Free Companies could not halt. It was then, according to the scorched records of the Starvaulters, that the Templars committed the greatest act of treachery even committed upon the body of humanity; creating the Dolorous Expanses. Whole star systems vanished and were replaced with impenetrable clouds of dust, covering dozens of light years each. An artefact of ancient design in the Aldan system, discovered by the Templars but kept secret, the Dolorous Expanses ended the wars at a stroke. Death and destruction beyond toll, changing the very face of the galaxy and all was still; the Free Companies cast out the Templars and the Imperium retreated into its shattered self. The Khanate...gone…for the time being.

Dark times followed and the fate of mankind looked grim, starvation gained hold and commerce fell to the wayside, as few starships could navigate the Dolorous Expanses and contact with the clouds meant instant obliteration. Inhabited worlds tortured their peoples in desperate acts of accelerated terra-forming; needing the land to feed themselves now that commerce was gone. The once zealot and fanatical Free Companies settled into an agrarian civilisation of fifty worlds bonded loosely by their ruling Barons, those of the Free Companies who had retained the armour and weapons of the mighty Crusader regiments.

On worlds such as New Glastonbury and its orbiting Tor these Barons consolidated their powers and on the whole were good to their people, they needed to be; too much had been lost already. Centuries passed and the region of space containing these green and pleasant worlds became known as the Prydian Precinct. Each stellar system looked to itself for sustenance and as technology returned the mighty starships refined their engines and learned how to use the titanic power of the Ion to generate intense magnetic fields and transport themselves instantly from one system to the next avoiding the deadly 'Dolo Clouds'. The need for a collective leadership became clear once more.

The core systems of Prydian space elected a council of Barons, who became the Aeddan's, to lead them and from among their number a titular head was chosen; a king to act on the behalf of all. To prevent the possible imperial ambitions of the past no standing army was allowed to be in the hands of the Aeddan Council or the King who resided on New Glastonbury. Each system would tend to its own needs to fend off pirates and mercenaries who did not respect the King's laws. Allotted to the Aeddan and the King were the million strong Starvaulters, an armed retinue to police the Prydian Precinct, but with no authority or desire to interfere with the Barons and their worlds; their impartiality was all that kept a vital respect for their judgements in matters the Barons could not agree upon.

For a time this arrangement worked and then war once more threatened the worlds of the Prydian Precinct, and war required troops. Millions of soldiers dressed once more in the augmented armour of their forefathers once more took to the field of battle on a hundred planets and countless orbiters and asteroids. It was in war that disaster fell, King Cyon III was killed, and he left his infant daughter in his place. A mere babe could not administer the needs of the Aeddan and their billions of charges, a guardianship was needed. The duty fell to Reckart Nevall a mighty Baron known as the 'Kingmaker' but his guardianship was not greeted by all with joy, over the fifteen years that followed two great camps grew within Prydian space and the Aeddan council split in twain.

A minor Baron whose world Kendal III was poor but populous brought the building tension to a head. Baron Kacj Dace rebelled against a judgement of the Starvaulters and called upon the Marcher Barons of the outer systems of Prydian space to assist him. This they did, seeing the Starvaulters as nothing more than Nevall's retinue to ensure his false control of the Aeddan Council. Naming themselves the League of Canlaster they elected Prince Edmund Bluefort as their rightful heir to the crown of Prydia and attacked Kendal III destroying the small force of Starvaulters on the planet. This single act ignited a civil war, a conflict the largest seen by the worlds of Prydian space for centuries. Nevall reacted with rage and called on the support of his own Marcher Barons to control the now teenage Princess Daphne Cyon and the throne she represented. He headed the League of Yordan named for his home world. The first battle of the Prydian Civil War was fought on Kendal III, many more soon followed. An elite strike force of Starvaulters stole Princess Cyon from Nevall's grasp and spirited her away to New Glastonbury where they now reside in force.

It is now the twelfth year of the Civil War and after suffering terrible setbacks and defeats the white and red uniformed troops of the Prydian Army have gained new vigour and are pushing the Leagues to their limit.Led by the veterans of the Starvaulters and driven by the Code Gallant the now adult Princess Daphne Cyon has promised to liberate each and every world in the Precinct and return it to the safe holding of the Addan Council.This she is doing to great effect and none in the Leagues seem able to prevent the cheering crowds and the flocking to the banners of the Addan.The Civil War might be nearing its end and for many this cannot come soon enough.

Rumours abound about the ever increasing numbers of Muster and Retained along with some of the shining lights of the Starvaulters being sent to the remote Carmarthen star cluster.Some have hinted that perhaps the Leagues are not the prime threat to Prydia and something else, something terrible lurks at the edge of Precinct space.An ancient enemy that all the preparation and new vitality of the Prydian Army may not be able to halt.

Do you want to liberate worlds held by the Marcher Barons or resist the advance of the Prydian Army? Or do you dream and fear of what is occurring in the remote Carmarthen star cluster?